The Sun. — London, England, 1826-11-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIU PUBLIC JOURNALS. Pamphlets, on the subject of the Corn Laws, have become almost as plentiful as 41b. loaves. Every man who sells bread, or purchases, or eats it, feels himself qualified, by virtue of one or all of these operations, to write upon it for the public benefit. If we had time to draw up the arguments employed by these authors, or the great majority of them, according to one fixed order of succession, so as to divest them of that por tion of apparent variety which depends on mere form, we can say with confidence that no publication relating to the Corn Laws has issued during the last three months from the press, which would not turn out to be, in substance, a complete/ac simile of twenty others, professing impartially to discuss, and pretending defi nitively to'settle this important and irritating question. When we add, therefore, that Earl Stanhope, has added one to the number of combatants upon the oc casion, we run no risk of offending his Lordship's dig nity by assuring him that be is quite en regle in what he has been pleased to say, for the maintenance of the existing prohibitions; nor can his Lordship be fairly charged with a greater degree of shallow conception, of partiality, injustice, perverseness, or absurdity, than many more of that regiment of partisans who have marched before him on the same beaten road. Earl Stanhope has been pleased to remark, that the high price of bread is not the cause of the distress now felt by manufacturing journeymen and, artisans, " but that their suffering has been produced by the want of employment, and not the dearness of provisions." Now, we would submit, with proper deference to his Lerdship, that the want of employ ment may, by possibility, be near akin to the dearness of provisions, in causing the distresses of the manufac turing poor : for we beg leave to remark, in something of a syllogistic manner, that the want of employMent proceeds from a want of demand for goods ; that if one man's goods are not in demand, it is usually be cause another man's goods are sold on better terms ; that if the Englisinnan s goods, for instance, have failed to be sought in a foreign market, it is for no other reason than the preference given to the manu factures of other nations, it being a matter well under stood, that immense quantities of raw materials are now exported from England to those countries, which at no very distant day took off the same material in a manufactured state from England ; that the cause of this revolution in commerce can be nothing else but the cheapness of foreign articles compared with those of British make ; that the comparative dearness of British goods can have no other cause than the dear ness of provisions, the skill and capital and machinery of England being, as is well known, superior to those of foreign States. Had it been a former Earl Stan hope with whom we were debating, it would have made us blush to dwell upon this A, B, C, of so clear a question.; but we are satisfied with hoping, that we have made out time near consanguinity be tween a " a want of employment," and a " dearness of provisions," as they affect the artisans of England. Again, the Noble and Learned Earl is good enough to inform us, that for GO years, ending with 1706, the average price of a quarter of wheat was nearly 505., which was equivalent to 6/. I Is. in the year 1800. Now it happens rather strangely for the argu ment of the Noble Earl, that if wheat has not risen above 10 per cent. in that period of I`2o yearn, rents have risen little short of 900 per eent.; and who is it, according to his Lordship's calculation', that has borne the enormous loss of all that the landlords have poel&led ? It is an unlucky thing to prove too much, upon a practical and historical subject.—" How does it happen," quoth his Lordship, " that the artisans enjoyed great prosperity when provisions were very dear, and that they now suffer adversity when provi— alone are comparatively cheap." We will answer for the Noble Earl,---because England then enjoyed a comparative monopoly of that market, which she now shares with other nations, who are able in many branches to undersell her ; but being undersold, she can no otherwise recover her superiority than by selling cheaper—that is; by affording her labourers bread on easier terms. Once more, the noble and enlightened Lord attacks machinery as a cause of our ruin, and brings forward the example of a manufacturer at Bolton, who, by the " pernicious introduction of 'ma chinery, reduced his number of 1,600 workmen to 90." And why, let us ask his Lordship, did the Bolton manufacturer substitute machinery for Inman beings in his workshops? Manifestly' because be could sell his cloths on cheaper terms when turned out by machines than by men. Yet, cheap As they were thus afforded, we find that the goods were not cheap enough to rival the foreign manufacturer ; else why should our export of British g,oods decline from day to day ? It follows, then, that 1,510 of the journey anenwould have been thrown out of bread even without " the pernicious introduction of machinery," mid, what Lord 6tanhope has forgotten, that the odd 90 besides, w h o got their livelihood by working this pernicious ma t hinery, would, but for it, have fared no better than their brethren. The Noble Earl concludes a flaming passage thus- 4 ‘ What is the Demon of mischief which threatens to destroy the prosperity and the power of this country, and to plunge it in bankruptcy and ruin ?" The answer wig no doubt surprise the reader ; and, what is better, it wiN delight him in exact propor tion to that ignorance, which ought to he so cherished' when it bears the name of " bliss.'"rhe &lawn of destruction, then, is not machinery a contracted currency—nor want of employment--enor a low price , for corn ; but " it is that which calls itself, though very unjustly, " political economy," (meaning nothing else than Mr. Iluskisson's economy), against which the Noble Lord ejaculates forcibly, as " more to be dreaded than the plagues of Egypt."—Times. We insert a letter signed Mentorides, on the ap plication o f time public money to the building of Palaces, upon the pretence that employment is there by afforded to workmen ; an d we would direct gene xal attention to that letter as a very sem ibi e One. To the remarks which the author has there trade on the subject, we would beg leave to oG'er an observation or two of our own. If the people who . are to b e t axe d for building pal aces, were those ;w il t: l g h u v i e ig i i 7 t paleiewar,noer. in m a n sions like palaces, the B u t Mr. Pitt found out, that a tax of, any kind, iii 43rtier to be troiluctive, must fall upon the great p ut , 34 who were ' sa g of the people,—that is , upon those able to pay it; anal these, therefore, a re the people, w ho are but little able to pay their own house-retit, that are now taxed, in addition to their old burdens — in addition to those imposts which it was at least tsisapr-e po sed time necessities of the State required—tha. P ° ' A build n ow, we say, to be taxed topalaces. Besides, if t he house of a man in moderate eircumstances y wants r 4 pair , he argues thus with himself—st It . ver } true, t h os e .eayet s lates admit the wet ; my window-franies are de -1 the bricks want fresh pointin g ; but I must ; vut oil' till a new year. I have other heavy expences that at eat me un. All m famil are upo . n prifien. - , j At uds ) 1311 t it la at a time of universal public distress—it is at a time when all that class of people, of which the .preceding example describes only one, are suffering most peculiarly—that they are called upon to build and pay for these detestable palaces. Why might not the budding have been delayed fora year or two longer, when other expellees pressed upon them less heavily, or their income had improved? Only, (we answer) because in that case they might not have been taxed to build palaces at all; as those for whom they are now erected might have no need of them.—/bid. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,2-There is a passage in Mr. Canning's speech of Tuesday, which, when pointed out to you, may appear worthy of your notice. I allude to what he alleges as an excuse for the profuse expenditure of public money in palaces and other decorative im prove►vents--.namely, that throe work. employ the poor, who want occupation. Now, sir, this appears to me, not only to involve a radical error in political economy, but also to be glossed ever wits► a very ►ua • nifest tint of mistaken benevolence. - Surely, if I have barely enough to live upon myself—l mean, to clothe myself and - my fluidly with decency and to feed them with plain and healthy food—or even if lam enabled to spend a portion of my income upon luxuries besides, no-advantage is gained by the working class from the abstraction of a part of the income so employed, and its consumption in public works, the utility of which (to say the least of them) is very questionable. If I retained this part of my income, I should spend it on the Manufacturers of woollen and linen cloth, of silk, of furniture, of bread, of butter, on the feeders of . cattle, who supply one with butcher's meat, &e. &c., which surely would employ individuals as useful as those on whom it would be spent after it is taken out of my pocket by the tax-gatherer. In fact, it is obvious that much more of this money would fall to the share of the labouring part of the community in the former case than in the latter, because the expence of the collection with all its abuses would be saved. Where, then, is the benevolence or justice of forcing me to dis pense with a portion of my comforts, in order, not to afford more employment to the poor than I should give them with the same money myself, but to spend a part of it upon tax-gatherers, and the rest upon labourers not a whit more worthy than those who would have been at all events employed by myself, had I not been so taxed, especially when the public work* in question are not ne cessary in themselves, and are at all event* not desired by those who pay for them? Let us nut, therefore, be led away by the old story of giving employment to the poor. The most salutary occupation afforded to the community is the steady employment of respectable work men by the regular expenditure of the incomes of individuals on .their respective manufactures. Taxation is only justifiable as far as the purposes for which the tribute is levied are fairly approved of by the community, as either necessary in themselves, or so de sirable as to make it obviously the interest of all So deny them selves some immediate personal indulgence for a decided increase of advantage or comfort in some other quarter. There is no virtue in employing labourers on new streets and decorative edifices with the money of others, against their con sent I' for who, having the power of taxing, could not exercise such a virtue as this? A good Government should act on a very different principle. •It should consider the produce of taxes as a contribution for no other purpose than to enable a community to do more for their -own advantage conjointly than if the money remained subdivided in the possession of individuals. All public expenditure, not directed to this object, is unprin cipled and 'oppressive; and all such projects for occupying the poor, with money taken forcibly from the pockets of others, are instances of a wretched policy, utterly unworthy of the Minister of an enlightened country. Nov. 23. • • MENTORIDES. is obvious that such questions as those could not arise, if there were a fair representation of the public in Perlis meet, because their doctrines would be, in fact, the conclusive wishes of the community. Now, however, all these matters are almost arbitrarily settled. -• A Correspondent, whose communication will he found in another column, observes, with respect to ' Our statement—that the County Rates alone equal the Revenue of many a Continental Kingdom—the cause of the increase of tins local tax is the system of iob bing and place-making for relations anti dependents pursued by Magistrates. ,We are persuaded there is but too much truth in what our Correspondent states. So inveterate is the disposition to job in this country, that we are satisfied there is no way of arresting the progress of this evil, as long as funds are available for the jobbers. At Lancaster it was discovered that mad patients might be cured by - doses of divinity from the chaplain as well as by the Physicians, and a Chaplain WAS Installed in due form. Music must, in many cases act still more beneficially than Divinity: and.we sup poie the next improvement will be the appointment of a band for the patients. In the case of the male patients, there must be some who would be improved by athletic exercises ; and we should not wonder if some Justice in the neighbourhood, who had a broad Shouldered son or nephew on his hands, should send him for a season. to Professors .Clias or Vodka'', in order to an appointment as Master of Gymnasties.to the mad-men. In short, there is nothing too absurd For the gentlemen who have the controul of the County Imes. Our. Correspondent states, that a single parish the County of Surrey pays 2,5001. to the Count' aces. Shame on this wasteffil system of expenditure Ile Gazettes are filled with bankruptcies=-4he inSr vencies are too numerous to be counted—and amidst alt thii distress, a set of men whom it pleases a Lord Lieutenant to recommend (many of them very respec table no doubt), have the power of indulging whatertr whim or crotchet comes into their head at the expence of the inhabitants, who in addition to their other taxes, and to the charge of maintaining the poor, are oppres sed with a heavy tax of modern date, which they have the mortification of knowing at the same time to be, for the`most part, idly and wastefully expended,—Morn ing Chronicle. TfIE GREAT UNPAID AND THE COUNTY RATES. TO *EDITOR.. SIR—In consequence of the following sentence in your Paper of this morning, namely...-" The County Rates alone equalling the whale revenue of many a continenta l Kin gd om," 1 be g leave to point nut, in a particular manner, what has causal those rates to he so high. When the Magistrates assemble at the Quarter Sessions, some one of those wise, learned, virtuous, unpaid, and totally disinte rested, philanthropie Gentlethen, gets up to recommend that an additional sum should be added to the situation of some Gentle man who iK a relation to the Magistrates, or dependent on'them, and who has already gotten his bands pretty deep into the nublic's purse. For instance, the salary is increased to the Clergyman, who is the Spiritual Guide to the Governors, Deputy Governors of Gaels, Penitentiaries, Thief-catchers, and God knows'what be side*, to put the " Poor Devils" into a purgatory while they are in gaols. I believe that every prisoner, confined in a gaol, costs more than five pounds a week to the public. All the above mentioned Governors, and so on, are paid out of the County Rates, which are collected out of the Poor Rates. Things are really gotten to such a pitch, that they cannot be borne with much longer. Thew County Rates cause more ill-will, strife, a nti anitnoaitY, of the inhabitants, than rill the King's tax-gatherers cause. The people are sensible that their money is voted away by the Magis trates all over the country in a most shameful manner. This expenditure is now so enormous, that the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, has, during the last twelve months, actually PIM two thousand five hundred pounds to the County Rates only ; and, in comequenee of that expenditure, the Overseers have been forced to make a rate, and they are now collecting one shilling in 1 tit - s pound on th e renta l o f a ll the inhabitants Inthat parish. A corr ' I ant , Sir, your obedient servant, Ltolde n , N a y. 23 . : A CONSTANT READER. Lbpondent has been at the pains to inform mitlge 1 118, which we are exceedingly glad to hear, that ii the University of C an a 1 •,_. have prohibited their stu dents attending Newmarket Races a year or two since, by compelling them to appear in the hall every tiny 1 during the meetings ;" and lie atida, by way of sar- L castri, we suppose, that " a, little inluiry might have .• spared us our recent aninnave rm i, ;, adding, that we are bound in honour to declare our error." If our correspondent had favoured .us with his name, and convinced us of our 4' error," by assuring us upon his honour that our animadversions were unfounded, and . , . that the regulation he speaks of had been at all at tended to, we should readily have yielded our convic tion to a point on which our wishes are probably as sincere as his. But it happens that we are quite as well informed upon this subject as our correspondent can be ; and we know, that if any such'regulatton has been promulgated, it is a mere L rutumfdnzen, to which the students who ought to conform to, it, and ,those who ought to see it attended to, are alike indaerent. Indeed, we have seen in an Evening Paper, which pro fesses to be a kind of demi-organ of the University upon this occasion, an article ridiculing • the very idea of such a regulation as this correspondent alludes to ; and attempting to establish the supposed age of manhood at which' the students have for the most part arrived, as a reason why those who have the care of their education can or ought to have no controul over their morals. Such a line of argu: ..... _ ment is too absurd for any public writer to enter the lists with. We are not contending for Victory, but for truth. The profligacy and extravagance permitted at our Universities are as notorious as any truth can be ; and any silly attempt, like that of our corre spondent, to gloss it over, is quite beside the matter, and unworthy a moment's attention. We are no enemies to the Universities; we are not unconscious of their advantages, or at all desirous of decrying any of the valuable part of that system of education which they adopt. But if we know any thing of what a system of education ought to be, we contend that it ought to compromise strict rules of moral discipline. How can such principles ever be effectually practised or enforced, but before youth marches into manhood, and becomes free from any restraints ? We say (and we know what we say), that our Universities are mon strously and notoriously deficient on this head ; and that unless those who have the means of reforming them within, do it, and that too, speedily and effec tually, they will find themselves reformed from with out, in a way which may, in the end, cut down Fel lowships, Masterships, and other means of learned and unlearned leisure, in a way which their present possessors may, perhaps, never dream of, or never apprehend, till the unwelcome truth meets them in a form too late, and too overwhelming to be combatted. —Morning Herald. They who have been exerting themselves to raise a senseless clamour for the repeal of the Corn Laws, now express great alarm, lest the subject should be investigated in a Committee. It is the first mark of common sense; which we have described in their mode of treating this topic. They have always shown a total ignorance even of the principles on which the, side of the question espoused by themselves can be best ad vocated. They start, therefore, at the very idea of investigation ; they foresee, that they cannot stand the result 9f calm inquiry ; and that their schemes have little chance of a favourable reception, except in the hurry of unthinking precipitation. They are right in their dislike of investigation ; and this dislike of in vestigation will teach even the most credulous how little regard is due to such monitors. Whatever course is adopted on the corn laws, it ought to be preceded. by most minute and patient inquiry. Of those who call for a change, scarcely any two agree in their notions of what ought to be done; few even dare to suggest a specific proposal. Some madmen cull for a total repeal; but that, is too wild a plan to be thought of for a moment. If a new system of re gulations is to be adopted, neither the principle nor the details of the changes can be determined upon or adjusted without a careful reference to our past legis lation, to the present situation of the country, and to the various existing and contingent circumstances by which the trade in corn may be affected.—New Times. Our readers must have perceived, that while we strenuously advocate the right of the Catholics to be placed cm a footing of equality with the Protestants, we by no means go along with those who disapprove of the institutions for illuminating or even proselytising the Catholics. Every religious Society has a right to protection ; but the interdiction of others from diffu sing their opinions, and communicating what they deem important truths, is persecution, and not protection. We would leave the field equally open to Catholics and Protestants, repressing intolerance in both. The: rivalry of Sects must, upon the whole, be productive of much more good than evil. That the Catholic Clergy of Ireland dislike the Sectaries who interfere .with their flocks is natural enough. No man likes to see a diminution of his influence. In this country, the' Clergy of the Church of England, though necessarily lukewarm compared with the Catho lic Priests, are still grievously annoyed at the erection of a Methodist Chapel in their respective Parishes. But the Catholic Clergy are the last per sons whose evidence we would take as to the degree of benefit likely to be derived from the competition of different Societies and .Sects to instruct and proselytise the Irish. Dr. Mac Nevin, anthhe other expatriated Irishmen at New York, were Men likely to judge coolly ; and they declared that the competition in ques tion, to whatever cause ascribable, was sure to promote the instruction of the people of Ireland. We rejoice, then, at the disposition which exists in this country to diffuse instruction among the Irish, and even to prose- l}-tile them ; but we are far from approving of the in tolerance which is displayed at most of the meetings in this country, having in view the promotion of the ob jects in question, We have a pregnant instance in a Meeting at Streamer, in Scotland, of which there is a Report in another column. These Scotehmen are not only intolerant ; they contrive to mix up with their religious intolerance base and time-serving politics,with the view, no doubt, of currying favour with the Protestant Landlords. These people never said a word against the interference of Protestant Clergymen at Elections ; but the moment the Catholic Clergymen endeavour to exert their influence over their flocks, to promote the return of Members willing to support the cause of the Catholics, then the Secretaries are as loud in their condemnation as th e E sta bli s h e d Cl e rgy. With beau tiful inconsisten c y a R everen d Orator at the Str anraer Meeting arraig ns t h e Catholic Clergy for interfering to deprive the Freehold ers o f t h e free exercise of the elee tive franchise ; the mel anc h o ly consequence of which w as the loss, to the L an dl or d s o f their natural infl uence over their Tenants. These men pretend, to be reli gious ; and yet, judging from their language, one would suppose they considered religion a blind, and oaths a tarce• ihe free exercise of the elective fran chise supposes that the elector votes for the man he conscientiously believes the best qualified to re present him. Now how can a sincere Catholic con scientiously vote for a Member, who, says that his re ligion is a pallid for holding him in a state of politi cal servitude ? The Catholic who takes the prescribed oa th, and votes for an opponent to his claims, must be either ired as a voter, or insincere as a reli • • gIQI/161. i When, therefore, these pious p ro moters of plans' for diffusing religiOus instruction among the Irish lament that the Irish Freeholders should be se duced from their Landlords, they lament that they should regard their oaths more than their interest— they Contradict themselves in contending for freedom, and lamenting the distinction of that which argued the non-existence of freedom. But whatever the sins of these people against logic and good feeling, they ought to -have the field open to their exertions.— Thouali we may allow with the talented author (to use a ermcfsm) of The Tales of the O'Hara Fa • • Fa mily, that his M. Stokes is not a bad representative of a pretty large class in this country— " Who, ignorant' of the real state, past, or present, of the sister country; of its feelings, or, indeed, its fitness to receive the kindness offered at their hands—nay, of its want of such...kind nese ; either take from others, or invent to themselves, interested or romancing accounts of an imaginary state, imaginary feelings, fitness and wants crying loudly for their interference." Yet it does not follow that the attempts to give " the people of Ireland any religious instruction save what their Priests approve," should be discouraged. " Whoever expects—he makes a Clergyman of the Establishment say—whoever expects to separate from their Priesthood a people who have for centuries of suffering, only clung closer to them, has been taught rather bad philosophy, and is peculiarly ignorant of Ireland, and of Irish temperament." This argument is applicable to the apostles of Re ligious Reform in all countries, and in all times; and if we 'allow any weight to it, we must condemn the first Reformers of England and Germany, as well as the present Protestant Missionaries in Ireland.— Morning Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILD HALL. ---Stra ISINCILASS.—Mr. Stroheeher, a grocer, in Fore-street, Cripplegate, appeared before Sir PETER ',AMUs yesterday, upon summons, for having sold to Mr. Draper, of Brunswick-row, Hackney, about 6lbs. weight of a spurious substance, apparently skin, or sheep's guts, as genuine Isinglass. The complainant said he had known Mr. Strohecker six and .twenty years, and happening to call upon him in May last, Mr. Strohecker mentioned that he had been buying some isinglass a day or two before, and should like to hear of a good customer, Witness took an ounce as a sample to a friend, who used the article in his business, and having struck a bargain with him, returned to Mr. Strohecker and purchased the blb : ,_at 10s. or 10s. 6d. per pound. His friend did not discover till October, that, instead of being genuine fish glue, it was something of the nature of fiddle strings, transparent, but insoluble in water, let the pot boil ever so vigorously, and sending forth a nauseous smell as soon as het water was poured over it. The whole lot was thrown back upon witness's hands, and witness was now desirous that Mr. Strohecker should return him the price given, or change the spuri- one for a genuine article. Mr. Strohecker, in reply, said, the complainant had been a grocer from his infancy, and was, therefore, competent to make a bargain for the article. Sir PETER—Do you admit you sold this stuff for isinglass Mr. Strohecker--Ile knew he could not be buying the best sort. Sir PETER—My question was, did you sell this article as isinglass ?—Mr. Strohecker--I bought it as such. Sir PETER—As to not being the best sort, it appears it is not isinglass at all ; and if you did represent it to be so, I think your common sense will tell you, that the money must be refunded, and I recommend you to settle the matter. Mr. Strohecker replied, that the complainant made his bargain deliberately enough, and must, therefore, abide by it. Mr. ])raper declared, that he had never beard of any such a thing as imitation isinglass, and the deception was so good that any body would be hoaxed by the appearance. Mr. Strohecker ad mitted, lie had 401bs. more of the same article, which he had purchased six years ago, of a man who goes about to grocers, con fectioners, makers of mock pearls, wine-merchants, and other dealers in isinglass, exchanging some of this spurious stuff for their goods. - - - - - Sir PETRY. calling for some explanation as to this lot of 401b5., Mr. Strohecker said, he purchased the bibs. now produced of a hawker, who had, six years ago, "taken him in," with the lot of 40Ibs. spoken of, which he had shown to a druggist in Lon don-wall, and was pronounced to be a mixture of genuine and imitation isinglass. Sir Perim replied, that with this knowledge Mr. Strolseeker, he feared, had sold the article to Mr. Draper for the genuine pro- paration, when he knew it was not; and if so, lie lied commit ted a fraud. However, the substitution was not one calculated to affect the public health, like the mixing of sloe-leaves with tea, or of stone-dust with flour, which might pass undetected ; and it was therefore not so necessary for him to interfere. He should not call upon Mr. Strohecker to find bail, but he would still lie open to an indictment if Mr. Draper should be so advised to pursue him.—The parties then withdrew. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday John Bailey, Richard Hig gins, and Paul Pierce, three of the Kentish smugglers, under went an examination before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE ; the two latter prisoners charged with having been concerned in the mur der of Richard Morgan, a Preventive Service man, at Dover, on the 29th of July ; and the first-named prisoner with having as sembled on another occasion with others, for the illegal purpose of running contraband goods. Mr. HORACE Twins and Mr. JONES, the Solicitor to the Ad miralty, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. LartattAlt for the prisoners. . The prisoners, and another smuggler,' named Edward Pantry, who was since turned approver, were apprehended by Bishop and Smith, two of the principal officers of this establishment, on the night of Monday, the 13th inst. They resided at Lockage, in Romney Marshes, about eight miles from Hythe ; and the of firers and a body of armed seamen, by whom they were accom panied, were obliged to walk nearly twice that distance, in a drenching rain, and through pools of water in which they were frequently immersed up to the waist,. in order to take them by surprise, nod prevent any possibility of a resistance. The first witness called was Michael Pickett, a Preventive Ser vice man, and one of those who gave evidence against the smug glers committed from this office a short time since, for being con cerned in the same transactions, in which the prisoners are also said to have taken a part. His evidence now was a repetition of that which he gave on the occasion above alluded to. • The next witness was Edward Horne, the approver in the for mer case. He identified the prisoner, Richard Higgins, as being one of the armed party, who fired upon Morgan. After repeating his former evidence, he added, that after landing about seventy tuba from the boat, they retreated with, them through the town of Dover. Sir Moaner) Baum—What !—do I understand you right-- through hw ithewitness es to s w r n ep d e i a d tt y d ou tht say : hey went through the main town, and through the market place. It was tberi between one and two o'clock. Sir lt,• Bias IV: asked the witness, if they received no interrup tion from the watchmen, or other, legal authoritiet? . ' The witness replied that they did not. Mr. Langlutin said, some of the watchmen had been.discharged in consequence of their negligence on that occasion. Mr. Jones—Yes, but they have been subsequently reinstated by the Magistrates. ham observed, th a t it wou ld b e a rat h er h azar dous Sir RICTIARD RIR:NM expressed great surprise ; and Mr. Lang undertaking for a single watchm an t o a tt empt to stop fifty or sixty smugglers, some of whom were sure to be armed. He was sure our London watchmen would not. Edward Pantry, the app rov e r , who is a labourer , at Adlingtott, near Dymchurch, was then calla He could only identify the prisoner, Paul Pierce, as having been one of the armed party con cerned iu the transaction of the 29th July. He himself had 'a gun, but does not think he fired. Mr. Jones here said, this was all the evidence he had to offer 6th of August, at Dymchurch, to against Higgins and Pierce. . V' t 'it i l l ' im re :l.l.C t i l ' a t4 vin ß g ail u e n Y l ' aw b f e ui l ly 'a d w a ti ca w e oof contraband spirits. Ik.tlogi distinct charge to Make agauni the Rana/jet, who was sta. setubled with others; on aid and assist in running a 0 ' called of4i l i t i r * e i v ua e mea nt tain ;itig o g i l l in t g h . e He saw a gang of Li° beach between Dym th)NnVedil,lioamn t S he pil i l i tn ia t i e , : to church and Ilytbe. or 60 smugglers run down the beach, to a boat which was lying in the surf, a nd commence carrying tubs front her. He went toward , ' them, and fired his pistol as he wen t, as a s i gna l f o r as sistance, an d then those of the smugglers who w ere ant ics!, fired upon liitn and shot h im in the a rm , and he was still ill from the i effects of that wound. The smugglers succeeded in getting ofTwih a great number of tubs. Lieut. Johnson, of the Ramilies, deposed that lie was present at the abovetnentioned affair, at which several of the Preventive Service men were wounded. Edward Horne was again called. lie stated that he was pre sent at this " working" armed, The prisoner John Bailey was there ; lie was one of the working party. They succeeded in,run ping nearly all the Cargo. Bailey carried three tubs: 'Chia' *mut could carry four, if necessary. Ile and Bailey walked home to gether. Joseph Shaw, a seaman of the Ran lies, deposed that on the night in question he was struck across the head with a musket, by one of the smugglers, and the musket was broken. It was here intimated that this was the case for the prosocu tion ; when _ V'V Sir RICHARD BIRNIE asked, if it was not intestled to enter into the ease of the seaman M'Bartlett, who bad twenty-three slugs lodged in his body, or those of the other wounded men who were present. Mr. Jones said it was not—their cases could be included in the indictment. The prisoners were then committed to Kent, for trial at the next Assizes there to be holden. LAMBETH-STREET.—Tne Coen/ or A Ilusamm SOLD ne A Wire !—For some days past, the neighbourhoml of Golston-street, Brick-lane, has been kept in the greatest state of ferment by the surreptitious removal of the remains of a Mr. Pusford, a tobacconist, of that street ; and a report, but too well founded, having obtained circulation, that his widow had disposed of it for dissection, a number of the inhabitants, justly iudignant at so revolting an act, assembled round her house, with a deter mination to inflict punishment, through the medium of a horse pond. The windows were broken to atoms, and there is , little doubt that they would have committed some desperate outrage, had it not been for Mr. Miller, and two of the Junior Officers of this Establishment, who, by their interfence, prevented further riotous proceedings. Mr. Miller, while on the spot, carefully examined the premises; and frosts what he then saw and heard from the lodgers, the suspicion so generally entertained, was more than strengthened ; and, in , consequence, with a double view of protecting Mrs. P. from the vengeance of the mob, he se ttle transaction, which bore a most mysterioucappearancei moved her to the Office. The MAGISTRATES ordered her to be brought before them; cud, in reply to their questions, she stated, that her huvband pine' on Monday last. About twelve o'clock, en the same day, two young men, of gentlemanly appearance, called upon her, and g at iv tl ii s l e g requested permission to open the body. To this she replied, her time,co n i s i e a n p t p , e s n l eii se s th hou be ld f lus rom re h tl o ie m ean e. and iilsiug that, for her own part, • she had no objection ; but, previous to but returned again at eight o'clock in the evening, when he r " n being still t s h t e i y ll h ab o ;s e e d ut t , o s tl e s e ey h a i s a ti l d , tl be sey fo w re oul tb d ey eall wen th‘ t 1 4x; formedt 1 sis she that declined. alarge b ln o e w enh er l et they sent for some gin, and insisted on her taking part of it, but Sparhoerellyhadafterbeenthepyutwie:to gone, n e4 rid t t s: l to had-- • - i in t: d hbth ri eeeer v nt e lio n ledala f gt r ne o inidt m esn: t tani l igi m ilt d yo oo hlarie r vemmi a i v i. l t si hg e e l st th eip e ciyn beca offioefoni: ns tetis e ehr a eu larl hefuoisiba,n i u l en censa t ausez,,Twa_liwf b oan i c(r h :en k tif etiTehneyl)ftlhieenr sdoesp,awrtedhs; fled, r and w andthyaAtrz—stl pi eco rpsedyou knowwoaston. M. these gentlemen? Mrs. No, Sir. mr Mr. WYATT—Who attended your husband ?-3 1 -re. p ' — Edgar. Mr. Wyyr —Did they represent themselves as coining fr°ul a. that gentleman?—Mrs. P. They did not. Mr. WyArr—Then how can you account for their b etemig acquainted with the death of your husband?—Mrs. P. I count "Y' Mr. WYATT—What complaint did he die of?--Mrs. 4). Of e" abscess under his arm, which caused a considerable discharge f r° the extremity of his fingers. Mr. WYATT—Did it not appear somewhat extraordintrY, t g a t these persons, whom, you say, neither you nor your hushaue any knowledge of, should have made such a request? It ough t t i have induced you to keep watch over the co —Mrs. P. had no suspicion whatsoever, Sir. Davis, one of the officers who went to the house of the 41fe 4P. ed, here said, that it was not possible that the body, could I,"e been removed without the knowledge of the penal:min the 614 i e , The Magistrates, in consequence, questioned Mrs. P. o n " L, subject, and she declared,, that neither did she know of the ' l ', coming to the door, or of anything having occurred, unto she informed of it by an old woman who lived with her. The manner in which this testimony was given, tb o l ; Magistrates to send for the old woman, and while the 0 1 fi ',; ( r o :j a y in search of her, Hewetson, the lodger, stated, that on b e night, about half-past nine o'clock, while he was sit wo rk,ftw heard a coach drive up, and stop at the front door. ti l a ' voice minutes there was a rustling noise in the pinienge , ' l '2. sho d,' cried out, " It's all right," on which the coach drove jilt 50 coo down ; lie did so, and found her in a afterwards Aire. P. struck the ceiling, and called to b ' The old . woman here arrived, and. diferl d . 11: body having - Mrs. P. in her evidence, as to leave n° d° ""' t 'f he Magill been disposed of with the knowledge of the latter. _ Thaford, trates, however, having uo jurisdiction, dischargedithM r the yells of and on her leaving the of fi ce, she was saluted w strength of thousands, froni whose violence it requires' the un ited awe d „ o bseeu eutly re the establishment to protect her. She w as - .ts a carriage. pparent alarm. terially foui Beet «, Muttoi THE MARKETS• STEINING MARKET. —Nor. 20• na- is 08. Ss. 10d. to 41. Ad I Veal •I - 6 4 0 4 - Supply rather limited, and trade by no MOMS brisk. ARUNDKL M A RKET.—Nov. il, to N. od , • 3s. UAL to $4. Bd. I r 4 4 0 4 B Pork and trade Oulu s u pply moderately _ —: - Nor. 92 . „. ild• C HICHESTER MA KET • od. 3i. Bd. to 4a. 61:1. Veal r 0 the Mutton B, 4 8 The supply or bbtli fat and lean ock was tolersibLyollT.,,, w ith tae lbrmer, though its buyers were numerous, the trade w u." latter but little seemed to be doing. Beet..„. Mutton RUMFOKI) llf ARICET.--Nor. fiS. .Ii a. , ... 0 Beef s. d. to s. d. It a • Ilfutton 3 6 4 6 Veal .... .................... 0 00 34 4 4 Porter., . . ........ 3 , o t, Llekilillg Calveg :nun 14s. to 365. ; old ....... 01. " 114 ' ' S u pply rather:numerous , a nd trade Jul'. DtANCHESTER. CORN 11.1ARICET.-140. 18 ' ei ther iu During the week there has b een but little variation prices or demand, sales being generally confined to such so p us' chase for immediate consumption. There WAS a fair at l L l ' oo „y of town and country dealers on 'Change to-day ; and 36° as r sellers from the interior, chiefly maltsters. /slorc laa"ct ; so a t quired for some articles, but no extensive purchaseg at our cu res any advance. Wheat meets a limited demand, Oats are in short supply: and Id. to 2d. per 451 b• d ear , er oor Ate are scarce, and full Is. per quarter higher. iffid t a"" eery dull sale at our quotations. Custom Bushel. Wheat (701 b.) ary s. $1 to s. d. English, 9 6 10 0 3 9 8 00 0 0 —B7 9 0 90 9 4 80 0 4 a, iin. Qr ) s 4 . t as ' Peso ( .......„. „...0 , „ 0 0 Blue, (Boilers r l ~.., al 0 ,(do. r+ o .-- ag 0 En halt 13"j)I-1-:"".."•51 ° '''' g Iriiit and '.'7-0190...-...bi O. 911 er r g of ISO lb. 40 ° flour. Fine Notts...Al I) 0 .....-..... Yoricsbire,finet.s 0 VI 0 ------ lean, fine .....46 0 , 0 .......... 5ec0ra.—............._ 40 0 r, 0 rrel Flour Sweet 0 ...30 0 ‘ ,l 9 —......... 50r..,..24 Ba u .- Per load of 2401 b. 0 0 Oatmeal, Ebeish M. 40 oi, 43 ..------- hi5n,........41 If, 54 0 —............-" Old (frol) it) u 0 0 'rarer (Imp. Qr.) ........ Os 4.0.441. Bran (broad) per lOU. I . Foreign - Barley (1301 b.) For grinding-.--. 6 0 6 6 Oats (4511).) English and Scotch 4 0 II Welsh 4 8 4 4 Foreign Irish, Kiln-driest 4 9 411 4 4 4 Per load of IS Imp?. bushel. Malt, New 0 50 0 0 48 0 - - Inferior 0 43 0 MANCHESTER NEW SHITHFIELH..-,'-'' At per 111. sinking the eta tt 106 tom. 3 bi t4O Pigs .......—•••••••"'". 3,388 Sheep 502 Cattle -------r - Noy. a vo • -- ii - ii Ta-------iiii: MAlllir . " -* sa Aa 6,i., CHEST POTA fl 2 ge re ..- a Potatoes, /s. &1., Ss. Od., and IX M. per load ° or e; Tornlll l 4l.. 1 ) Carrots, Ss. fai., Rs., and 10s. per load a 12 a sic s o . is. and 78.3 d. per load of le pecks ; Onions. 914 '. uu. , load of 12 store. ---------- 4 ,1, to Ifs MANCHF.ST,ER YAB timAK E,r_.--,„,1 ,1 30 4":„.„,.• - .1 3 1 . L a e No. 1. i, M ule Cop Wi' , 40 .„,„.....1 5 1 r o l Throstle Twist, 20......., 12 to lv} fsd."'"*'ll 111 30............13 1 4 60........0 t ri MuleeopTvtistl 3o.. ......isi 14 80...."'"' ill 11 for warp...—. 3 14 I 4 I pc) ---,-"" 34 1 o ho--- 1 Lai sa---ilk l ' .tv 1 0, - -- 0 II n0,,,.....ii v 9.1 vi,ft ft ,rui IVA * l, , ...„.., 10 '20..—.114 27 50 .... ..... 22 22 is ...—"*" It 1? " -- ,e vt , ----' --. ..._ .... BIRTH& f he V"' On the 2,9 d inst., at Lyrnington, Haute, the isaY ')- t , h ei r' Thoe. Schreiber, Rector of Brodweii, E as er, of A so u sou EA,, Oa the 19th inst., at Bath, the holy of Robert linchsoru h ----- jam, of Drumpellier, of a son. ____-- _ - - . .indo, ----- DIED. On the 22d inst., in Harley street, at thu house of lot I c sulfh te Henry Littledale, Esq., aged 17, Elizabeth, youngest d of the late John Dixon, Esq., of Cecil Lodge, li•rt a * et ,,, relil' t On the 21st inst., at Richmond Green, Surrey, nore" -7 ' of James Woodbridge, EM., in the 67th year of her se c i us On the 21st inst., at Lordship.resd, Stoke Nwingtos) taws Adolphus Smith, Esq., Aged 66. ohs Wil- On the 22(1 inst., Martha Map widow of the late i son, Esq., Deputy Trea sure r of Chelsea Hospital. —.. - Printed A wl ', a mbits' by ltf. YOUNG , at Ole 6101•03114‘4* rie. 11*, SesnA24/1.